Ed Sheeran requested to dismiss the lawsuit but the judge found "substantial similarities between several of the two works' musical elements".

Indeed at least the two songs have a very similar rhythm. But the question the jury has to answer is whether the harmonic rhythm of "Let's Get It On" was deserving of copyright protection or whether it was too common.

Due to another song of the same album, "Photograph", there was a lawsuit with Matt Cardle who accused Ed Sheeran of plagiarism related to his song "Amazing". The parties agreed on a settlement whose content is not known by the public.